oh, I just read about Granny on the Sewn newsletter! Sorry not to have met her sooner!(I'd have loved to have gotten in on that giveaway!) May I send her a Christmas present?--Really! I lost a great friend and neighbor in July that lived to the age of 95 and I only wish to have had more years quilting and knitting with her! She was a kindred spirit and I will treasure the lessons learned from her for the rest of my life! Lucky you to enjoy time with her for many years to come!! And tell your Dad that her time at the sewing machine is her rest time!

Oh how it made me smile when I saw my birthday card in Granny's hands and I'm just so glad she loves the little angel pin, as well as the maple leaves:-) I don't think she will ever realize how much she's blessed our lives...thank YOU, dear Valerie, for sharing her with us!! xoxo

Granny's PERFECT Quilt

It is PERFECT. Perfectly PERFECT. Oh I don't mean perfect stitches, or perfect seams, or perfectly square. It is PERFECT for snuggling under on a rainy, dreary day. It is PERFECT for wrapping up a grandchild who is spending the night. It is PERFECT for making a house when draped over a chair & an end table. It is PERFECT for winding around and around a doll. It is PERFECT for covering up in the car when the air conditioning is on full blast. It is PERFECT for laying on the carpet and putting a baby down for his nap. God has touched Granny's heart and her hands, and her life. He has made her an artist. He has given her the gift of PERFECT quilts.

Written by Marlene B. about the quilt she bought from Granny. (Excerpt from Oct. 7, 2009 post on her blog)

Our Forever Farm

Our Little PEACE of Heaven

"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is place in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into it's soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no others hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller

Our Prayer

Lord, help us to PLAN, PREPARE, & PLANT what you would have us to. Help us to WEED out of our lives what should not be there. Lord, help us to GROW through you in our relationships, our attitudes, and our lives, always being in your will. Help us to always walk with you. Let us always be thankful and content. Amen